The Taliban took credit for today’s assault on Forward Operating Base Fenty at the Jalalabad airport in Nangarhar province, in which at least six Taliban fighters were killed, the assault force was routed, and no Afghan or US casualties were incurred. The statement, released by spokesman Zabihullah Muhajid at the Voice of Jihad website, is […]
Six Taliban fighters, including one wearing a suicide vest, were killed in the failed attack on Forward Operating Base Fenty.
Brigade 313, al Qaeda’s military arm in Pakistan, and the Taliban carried out the Nov. 11 assault on the police investigation headquarters in Karachi that killed 17 people. Several members of the assault team escaped.
Ilyas Kashmiri is thought to have planned yesterday’s attack on the Crime Investigation Department headquarters in a highly secured area of Karachi. Several members of the assault team escaped during the battle.
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Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Nangarhar, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed five security guards in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the east. A suicide bomber killed a civilian in Kabul.
Security forces captured six al Qaeda operatives in Wasit and three wanted men in Kirkuk. The brother of an Awakening Council leader was reportedly killed during a joint US and Iraq raid in Fallujah. A Diyala council leader escaped an assassination attempt in Baqubah.
The US and the European Union agreed to resume nuclear talks with Iran on Dec. 5. The IAEA deflected Iranian criticism by arguing that inspection information on nuclear sites is kept confidential. the UN reported that North Korea is supplying Iran, Myanmar, and Syria with banned nuclear and ballistics equipment.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, said that the terror group would not turn over any members accused in the assassination for former Prime Minister Hariri. “We will cut off the hand that tries to get to them,” Nasrallah said.
Eleven people were killed during clashes between Shabaab and government and African Union forces in Mogadishu. Security forces detained more than 40 people during an operation in Mogadishu; most were later released.
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A court sentenced radical al Qaeda cleric Omar Bakri to life in prison for training terrorists at a camp near Tripoli. Bakri was one of 25 people sentenced to life for terror-related charges by the military court.
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Seven policemen and four “gunmen” were killed during a shootout in Machackala, the capital of Dagestan. A soldier died in a blast in Chechnya on Nov. 9. Chechen President Kadyrov spoke out against Wahabi Islamists.
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A suicide assault team killed 18 people in an attack on a police headquarters in Karachi. US Predators killed six Haqqani Network fighters in North Waziristan. Pakistani aircraft killed six Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban torched two NATO supply trailers in Mastung.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 19 Taliban fighters in Kandahar and four more in Logar. The Taliban killed the son of a US Marine general in an IED attack in Helmand on Tuesday.
Iraq’s main political parties have reached an agreement to form a new government, more than eight months after the election. Prime Minister Maliki and President Talibani will retain their posts, while a leader in Iraqiya will become the speaker of parliament. Iyad Allawi will hold the top position on the security council.
Two Taliban commanders and six Lashkar-e-Jhangvi operatives were being interrogated at the police headquarters when it was struck. The Taliban claimed it carried out the attack.